The Bharatiya Janata Party has released the names of 58 candidates through its two lists for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. In the first list hey fielded former MP Ramesh Bidhuri from Kalkaji against Aam Aadmi Party candidate and Delhi CM Atishi is contesting. On the other hand AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal will fight the race against BJP's Parvesh Verma from the New Delhi seat.
The second list contained names like ex-AAP leader Kapil Mishra who has now identified with hardline Hindutva politics, from Karawal Nagar seat and the third was released with just one candidate.
The BJP has fielded its national office-bearers Dushyant Kumar Gautam and Ashish Sood from Karol Bagh and Janakpuri, respectively, Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar and former AAP leader Kailash Gahlot from Bijwasan. Meanhwile, Former Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay will contest from Malviya Nagar.
After the list was released, Bidhuri spoke to ANI and expressing his confidence he said, "I thank the BJP leadership for showing trust in me to reclaim the Kalkaji assembly seat. Delhi is suffering because of Arvind Kejriwal. The people of Kalkaji have also faced 'aapda' under CM Atishi..."
Delhi Assembly Elections: BJP Candidates List(Full)
(this list will be updated as and when the names are announced)
Adarsh Nagar: Shri Raj Kumar Bhatia
Badli: Shri Deepak Chaudhary
Rithala: Shri Kulwant Rana
Nangloi Jat: Shri Manoj Shokeen
Mangolpuri (SC): Shri Rajkumar Chauhan
Rohini: Shri Vijender Gupta
Shalimar Bagh: Smt. Rekha Gupta
Model Town: Shri Ashok Goel
Karol Bagh (SC): Shri Dushyant Kumar Gautam
Patel Nagar (SC): Shri Raaj Kumar Anand
Rajouri Garden: Sardar Manjinder Singh Sisra
Janakpuri: Shri Ashish Sood
Bijwasan: Shri Kailash Gahlot
New Delhi: Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma
Jangpura: Sardar Tarvinder Singh Marwah
Malviya Nagar: Shri Satish Upadhayay
R.K. Puram: Shri Anil Sharma
Mehrauli: Shri Gajender Yadav
Chhatarpur: Shri Kartar Singh Tanwar
Ambedkar Nagar (SC): Shri Khushiram Chunar
Kalkaji: Shri Ramesh Bidhuri
Badarpur: Shri Narayan Dutt Sharma
Patparganj: Shri Ravinder Singh Negi
Vishwas Nagar: Shri Om Prakash Sharma
Krishna Nagar: Dr. Anil Goyal
Gandhi Nagar: Sardar Arvinder Singh Lovely
Seemapuri (SC): Sushri Kumari Rinku
Rohtas Nagar: Shri Jitendra Mahajan
Ghonda: Shri Ajay Mahawar
Narela: Shri Raj Karan Khatri
Timarpur: Shri Surya Prakash Khatri
Mundka: Shri Gajendra Daral
Kirari: Shri Bajrang Shukla
Sultanpur Majra (SC): Shri Karam Singh Karma
Shakur Basti: Shri Karnail Singh
Tri Nagar: Shri Tilak Ram Gupta
Sadar Bazar: Shri Manoj Kumar Jindal
Chandni Chowk: Shri Satish Jain
Matia Mahal: Smt. Deepti Indora
Ballimaran: Shri Kamal Bagri
Moti Nagar: Shri Harish Khurana
Madipur (SC): Smt. Urmila Kailash Gangwal
Hari Nagar: Shri Shyam Sharma
Tilak Nagar: Smt. Shweta Saini
Vikaspuri: Dr. Pankaj Kumar Singh
Uttam Nagar: Shri Pawan Sharma
Dwarka: Shri Pradyumn Rajput
Matiala: Shri Sandeep Sehrawat
Najafgarh: Smt. Neelam Pahalwan
Palam: Shri Kuldeep Solanki
Rajinder Nagar: Shri Umang Bajaj
Kasturba Nagar: Shri Neeraj Basoya
Tughlakabad: Shri Rohtas Bidhuri
Okhla: Shri Manish Chaudhary
Kondli (SC): Smt. Priyanka Gautam
Laxmi Nagar: Shri Abhay Verma
Seelampur: Shri Anil Gaur
Karawal Nagar: Shri Kapil Mishra
Mustafabad - Mohan Singh Bisht
Bawana (SC) - Ravinder Kumar
Wazirpur - Poonam Sharma
Delhi Cantt - Bhuvan Tanwar
Sangam Vihar - Chandan Kumar Choudhary
Greater Kailash - Shikha Rai
Trilokpuri (SC) - Ravikant Ujjain
Shahdara - Sanjay Goyal
Babarpur - Anil Vashishth
Golakpur (SC) - Praveen Nimesh
The 70-seat Delhi Assembly will head to the polls on February 5, 2025. The counting of votes will be held on February 8, 2025.
